orchid odes poetry prompts

pistil poetry prompt:

flash a story in a stanza.

rabbits to earthphoto credit: mcylouie

ode to bedtime stories

1.too bad, says rabbit to dragon king of sea, i left my liver for your elixir home. hold up a sec & i’ll be back before you can say ‘hippity hop.’ dragon squints.
like it takes time to fire up his seaweed brain.

3.
a 10-spud family lives underground. their dirt-for-dinner is
ruined by lovers screaming their eyes off two yams overhead.shut up! yells halaboji. or get a damn motel room! but
horny howls dive deep into the dirt. driving leaves to kamikaze
from trees. rob roots of rest. spoil cloud ear taichi pose
of rabbits & morning commute of bears.

4.shring! yi holds his fist open against his cheek for half a breath.damn you! screams three-legged crow spinning earth’s 9th sun
into fiery nosedive. yi pumps his fist. down to one sun
earth ends its sentence as hot skillet. i can take off these stinking boots. yi grins. maidens will flock singing my name. chang’e & i will drink elixir to palace on moon. he teletexts her.coming home, woman. famished. get my dinner ready.
moon shudders. no one answers.

rabbit orchid rabbit

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